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www.icaci.org biannual newsletter | number :: numéro 55 | december :: dècembre 2010 president’s report in this issue Dear Colleagues bles the complete newsletter and generates a This December 2010 PDF file. After it is checked and approved, Igor president’s report :: 01 issue of the newsletter generates two PDF versions for placing on the is published to again website – one for screen viewing and another for download and print. ICA Web masters Felix 15th general assembly bring the ICA commu- Ortag and Manuela Schmidt, at TU Wien in of ica :: 01 nity up-to-date with the Vienna, Austria then place these two PDF files activities that have onto the ICA wesite. In parallel, another digital from the editor :: 02 taken place that are version of the newsletter is transferred associated with the electronically by Igor to a printer in Hong Kong, Association, as well as providing complemen- 25th international cartographic where, initially, a proof is output for review. tary information that will be of interest to conference 2011 :: 04 This proof is checked by Hong Kong-based ICA friends of ICA. Editor, Igor Drecki is to be again Vice President Professor Zhilin Li. After congratulated with the publication of another ica news approval the newsletters are printed and great issue. dispatched to Professor Li who, with the children’s map award 2011 :: 03 It is worth noting how Igor is using the global assistance of students at the Hong Kong ica executive committee :: 04 reach of the Association to streamline the Polytechnic University, place the newsletters in ica news contributions :: 04 production, printing and distribution of the envelopes, which are then mailed from Hong 25 years ago... :: 04 newsletter, as well as reducing costs. Igor Kong to ICA members and associates. This map of the month 2010 exposé :: 05 receives copy and images electronically from illustrates the wonderful spirit of collaboration global contributors. He then edits and assem- > 02 profiles donna williams :: 06 geo-info :: 06 15th general assembly of ica esri :: 07 paris · france reports ica commissions :: 07 As we move inexorably towards the 2011 must participate and undertake some tasks. For cartographic meetings and events :: 12 International Cartographic Conference (ICC) in example, a new Executive Committee must be Paris (3-8 July, 2011), the administration of elected. Nominations for the positions of obituary :: 14 ICA turns towards the associated quadrennial President, Secretary-General & Treasurer, and General Assembly. Whilst the French organising seven Vice-Presidents must be received at least calendar :: 15 committee in Paris are efficiently proceeding five months before the first General Assembly with scientific, technical, social, exhibition, meeting in Paris (i.e. before 2 February 2011). ica affiliate members :: 15 accommodation and publishing aspects of the That date is also the deadline for national ICC (and associated workshops), ICA commit- members to submit bids to host the 2015 children’s map gallery :: 16 tees are engaged with responsibilities related to General Assembly and International Carto- the management of our association. graphic Conference: the decision on the The General Assembly of ICA has a number location of the 2015 General Assembly will be of purposes, and in order to carry them out, made by the General Assembly meeting in Palais des Congrès de Paris, close to Eiffel Tower and ICA members (who form the General Assembly) Paris. > 03 Champs-Elysées | Photography © Agence Sofiacome from the editor president’s report cont...

between members of the international commu- University. The workshop was organised by Dr Walking through an art exhibition at a nity. It reflects upon what is truly an interna- Sebastien Caquard (Canada), co-chair of the national gallery we often marvel at the tional cartographic community, a community ICA Art and Cartography Working Group. artistry and workmanship of painters and dedicated to advancing cartography and Sebastien was assisted in the development and sculptors, at their vision and influence on GIScience and growing the Association. operation of the workshop by Associate the development of national identity. The following sections report on my activities Professor Laurene Vaughan (Australia). The Throughout history we have often referred since publication of the last newsletter. meeting brought-together around 20 partici- to them as those who spread the fame of pants who explored the theme of mapping our nation and our country well beyond its Outreach Programmes, Ho Chi Minh City, Montreal from a common database. Professor borders. We like to associate ourselves with Jacqueline Anderson, former Chair of the ICA them, the exemplary citizens of our Vietnam, and Jakarta, Indonesia Commission on Children and Cartography common motherland. The ICA ran two outreach education pro- attended the workshop. I presented a paper at However, we rarely consider cartogra- grammes under the ‘umbrella’ of the ICA the workshop, entitled The City as a MetroMap: phers and their work as worthwhile and Commission on Education and Training. The Envisioning Montreal. influential as the work of painters, workshops were conducted to facilitate composers, architects or writers. Why? Why technology transfer to colleagues in Ho Chi can’t a map or an atlas be considered as Minh City, Vietnam and Jakarta, Indonesia Spatial Excellence Awards, Melbourne, influential in building national identity as during July and August 2010. Australia paintings, music or poetry? The Ho Chi Minh City Workshop, 19-23 July The awards are held each year by the geospa- Cartography has the ability to encapsu- 2010, covered Cartographic Information tial sciences industry in Victoria, Australia. I late the conceptual, technological as well Systems (GIS with a cartographic emphasis), was invited to attend and represent ICA at this as artistic qualities of a nation, and Internet Mapping, Atlas production, Prepress event on 15 September 2010. translate them into cohesive and intuitive and Digital Printing. Presenters were Professor representations of its people and its László Zentai (Hungary) and Professor Vít ICA Commission on the Theory of environment. An example could be a Voženílek (Czech Republic). Manuela Schmidt national atlas that in a well researched, Cartography meeting, Hong Kong (TU Wien) and I contributed to the second innovative, original and aesthetically week of the course, which addressed Web ICA Vice President Zhilin Li organised the creative way represents the natural Cartography and its applications. It covered the workshop, which was held at Hong Kong environment we live in, who we are as a topics of Web mapping, Web 2.0 and the Polytechnic University, 23-24 September nation, where we came from and how we design and production of map mash-ups. 2010. Organisation was supported by the ICA are organised as a society. It informs and The second workshops were held in Jakarta, Commission on Theoretical Cartography, educates, enlightens and inspires. It Indonesia. In the first week the topics covered chaired by Dr Alexander Wolodtschenko. Also influences all generations and provides an presenting at the conference was ICA Vice amazing body of knowledge we can tap were Map projections, Map design / Cartogra- President Georg Gartner. I presented a paper on into in our everyday lives. A national map phy design, Cartography theory (Map Evalua- “Geospatial data provision in a Web 2.0 world”. series or even an individual map could tion), Atlas cartography, Toponymy, Map equip us with the same qualities and pride production using GIS, Prepress design and equally well. layout using GIS, Computer assisted cartogra- Joint Board of Geospatial Information One might argue that cartography has an phy using ArcGIS and 3D GIS. Presenters were Societies (JBGIS) Meeting, Singapore Professor Ferjan Ormeling (The Netherlands) even wider, more universal influence than The Joint Board of Geospatial Information and Dr Gang-Jun Liu (Australia). In week 2 the creative arts. With its mastery of Societies (JBGIS) had an informal meeting on Manuela Schmidt (TU Wien) and I contributed representing social and environmental 18 October 2010, prior to the GSDI conference dimensions of our existence it clearly with a program on Web cartography. in Singapore. The meeting discussed issues contributes to the development of the All contributors’ universities and the that are relevant to all sister societies that human race in general. And it does it so Netherlads Cartographic Society GIN are to be comprise the Board. intuitively and so elegantly – truly some- thanked for providing the time release and thing to be proud of as cartographers. funding air travel costs for colleagues to run the The ICA’s General Assembly in Paris workshops. Permanent Committee on GIS features strongly in this newsletter. Also, the Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific response to ICC 2011’s call for papers has GeoCart’2010, Auckland, New Zealand (PCGIAP) Meeting, Singapore been overwhelming and the conference I attended the GeoCart’2010 conference in At this meeting (18 October 2010) I was promises a truly diverse and solid pro- invited to present a status report about the ICA gramme. Finally, a feature on the Map of Auckland, 1-3 September 2010. It was and our activities. the Month highlights the world’s best in organised by the New Zealand Cartographic cartography. Society. Igor Drecki and his team did a wonderful job of organising the event at GSDI conference, Singapore Igor Drecki | Editor ICA News | ICA Auckland University. Colleagues from the ICA Between 18-20 October 2010, I attended the community presented in Auckland, including GSDI conference and represented the ICA in Professor Cindy Brewer, Professor Manfred The ica news is published by the Interna- conference activities. I was invited to present a tional Cartographic Association (ICA). Buchroithner and Dr Ken Field, editor of The paper on ICA Outreach activities at a JBGIS- Cartographic Journal, an affiliated journal of focussed session. Immediate Past President, President: William Cartwright | RMIT University | ICA. I gave a keynote presentation and Professor Milan Konečný also attended the Australia delivered a conference paper. GSDI conference. Secretary General & Treasurer: David Fairbairn | At the Conference in Singapore I met with Newcastle University | United Kingdom Art and Cartography Working Group Associate Professor Abbas Rajabifard, Presi- Editor ICA News: Igor Drecki | The University of Auckland | New Zealand Workshop, Montreal, Canada dent, GSDI. We followed-up on previous I attended the workshop in Montreal, 8-10 discussions about how both organisations © International Cartographic Association September 2010, hosted by Concordia might collaborate in the future. (ICA) 2010

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XXX Indian National Cartographic The conference organizing committee was Executive meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA Association conference, Dehra Dun, India chaired by Major General VP Srivastava, Survey The ICA Executive Committee (EC) met in of India. Prior to the conference I attended the I was invited by the Indian National Carto- Orlando Florida in November, in conjunction INCA Executive Committee meeting. I was most graphic Association (INCA) President Major with the AutoCarto 2010. It was pleasing to pleased to be able to meet with the INCA General Manoj Tayal (Additional Surveyor see many ICA Commissions and Working Executive Committee and be involved in their General, Survey of India) to attend their Groups meeting during the conference. The EC discussions. I also had discussions with the conference on Cartography for Sustainable further developed documentation for presenta- Surveyor-General of India Swarma Sabba Rao Development, held in Dehra Dun, India, 8-10 tion at the 15th General Assembly in Paris. The (Survey of India) and the Joint Chief Hydrogra- November 2010. The conference was EC also met with the USA National Committee pher of the National Hydrographic Office organised by the Dehra Dun Chapter of INCA. for ICA and discussed their plans to bid for the (India), Rear Admiral SK Jha. Both of these ICC 2015 International Cartographic Confer- XXX INCA Conference auditorium, Survey of India, Dehra organisations have headquarters in Dehra Dun. Dun, India | Photograph courtesy of William Cartwright ence and General Assembly of ICA. The conference consisted of an opening address by the Secretary of the Ministry of 25th ICC and 15th General Assembly of Science and Technology, Government of India, ICA, Paris, France Dr Shailesh Nayak and a keynote address by Dr T Ramasami, Secretary of the Department of Paper submissions for the 25th International Science and Technology, Government of India. Cartographic Conference in Paris in July 2011 Additionally there were scientific paper have now closed. It is most pleasing to see that presentations, poster sessions and a technical over 900 submissions were received. It exhibition. At the conference awards were given certainly points to a truly wonderful event in to esteemed members of INCA and to prizewin- Paris. Please make sure that you take advan- ners from the India-wide Map Quiz for school tage of the Early Bird Registration available students. The Surveyor-General Rao established on-line via the conference web site at www. this quiz over a decade ago. I gave a keynote icc2011.fr. address about the activities of the International Cartographic Association. William Cartwright | President | ICA

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In addition, the General Assembly will of national members covering cartographic and award 2011 receive reports on the work of the ICA Commis- GI activity during the preceding four years. The The 2011 international competition is sions and Working Groups for the 2007-2011 national reports, which will be tabled in Paris, around the corner; the detailed rules can be period, and elect new Commissions. Commis- are an opportunity for national members to downloaded from the ICA Commission on sions for the period 2011-2015 (including any display their work and outputs during the Cartography and Children website lazarus. Commissions which are nominated to continue 2007-2011 period. National reports are hosted elte.hu/ccc/ccc.htm. The final deadline for from 2007-2011) will be approved by the on the ICA web page and form a useful archive sending the national winning entries to the General Assembly in Paris. Commissions must of progress in Cartography and GIScience. international coordinators – Peter van der be nominated by national members, and again Advice and instruction on all the aspects Krogt and Ferjan Ormeling is 1 April 2011. the deadline for these nominations is 2 mentioned here – nominations, deadlines, If you have any questions related to the February 2011. It is normal for a national engagement with the General Assembly, competition or its rules, please do not member to nominate the Commission when the national reports – will be posted to each hesitate to contact Temenoujka Bandrova at proposed chair is from that nation, but the national member in time for discussion and [email protected] or José Jesús Reyes complete nomination must also include a decisions to be made. Nunez at [email protected]. vice-chair (who must be from a different Clearly, the General Assembly is a focus of country) and Terms of Reference. much activity, but the main International José Jesús Reyes Nunez | Co-Chair | ICA The General Assembly will also be given the Cartographic Conference itself (described Commission on Cartography and Children | Hungary opportunity to vote on a number of other elsewhere) is an attraction in itself, and all the issues, including the financial budget, any world’s cartographers are encouraged to visit Children's Map Exhibition at the 24th ICC in changes in Statutes, and new member nations. Paris. Because the ICA archive is hosted in Santiago, Chile, 2009 | Photograph courtesy of José Jesús Reyes Nunez The role of national delegates is important and Paris, attendees are encouraged to bring with it will be useful to receive the names of the them any materials (papers, reports, e-mails, principal and deputy delegate from each proceedings) which relate to the operation and member nation before 2 February 2011 also. development of ICA: we will be delighted to According to the ICA statutes, Article 5, and receive any documents which could be used by By-law 6, each member country has to submit future historians of our association. a national report to each ICA General Assembly. We look forward to seeing you in Paris! These national reports can be in paper or digital form or both, or can be made accessible David Fairbairn | Secretary General & Treasurer | ICA through the Internet. Thus, the General | [email protected] Assembly receives, on behalf of ICA, the reports

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William Cartwright | RMIT University | The call for papers concern the use of GIS, maps, images and Australia to the ICC 2011 related spatial analytical methods for specific has now closed applications. Last but not least, many submis- Secretary General & Treasurer and the results of sions focus on the conception of specific David Fairbairn | Newcastle University | the review process GeoDB or maps. LOC would like to remind you UK have been sent to about a number of specific sessions dedicated the authors. The to Jacques Bertin, his work and its influence on Local Organizing cartography on Monday, 4 July 2011, and a Vice Presidents Committee (LOC) was pleased to receive over day meeting for the National and Regional Derek Clarke | Surveys and Mapping | 900 submissions. Mapping Agencies to be held on Wednesday. South Africa The International Scientific Committee and It is now time to register for the Conference; Georg Gartner | Technische Universität the French Scientific Committee had a huge the early bird rate is available until 1 March Wien | Austria task to undertake a review process, not only 2011. Please contact the relevant ICA because of the quantity of submissions, but Commission chairs if you would like to Pablo Gran | Instituto Geográfico Militar | also because of the process itself - for the first participate in their workshops that have been Chile time each of the 245 long papers has been organized to take place just before the Menno-Jan Kraak | ITC | blind reviewed by two reviewers. The final Conference. Please do not forget to arrange a The Netherlands outcome is that the Conference Program visa (if required) and hotel reservation as soon contains more than 500 oral presentations and as possible. For registration and information, Zhilin Li | Hong Kong Polytechnic 300 posters. Also for the first time, the 81 best please refer to our website at www.icc2011.fr. University | China papers will be published in The Cartographic We look forward to welcoming you to Paris. Anne Ruas | Institut Géographique Journal, Cartographica and the Springer's new National | France ICC series. Other papers and posters will be Francois Lecordix | Local Organising Committee ICC 2011 | France Timothy Trainor | US Census Bureau | published digitally. High submission numbers and the subsequent acceptance rate are very USA Coronelli's giant globes at the National Library | pleasing to the ICA and motivating to LOC. Photography © Alain Goustard/BnF The Local Organizing Committee is currently Past President finalising the scientific program and organising Milan Konečný | Masaryk University | Conference publications, map and commercial Czech Republic exhibitions, and an exciting social program. The first analysis reveals that the classic ICA themes Editor ICA News such as geovisualisation, SDI, data quality, generalisation and history of cartography Igor Drecki | The University of Auckland attracted, as usual, a lot of submissions, but | New Zealand other themes such as semiotics, use and user issues, crowdsourcing, digital technology and cartographic heritage aslo promise to be well represented in Paris. Many papers, nearly 10%, ica news contributions ica news 25 years ago...

Please send your contributions to The item below describes an interesting Hannover in 1984 accepted a set of guiding development that made the ICA a founding principles leading to the formation of the IUSM. member... Igor Drecki | Editor ICA News | [...] ISPRS President Konecny, ICA President Morrison, and FIG President Weir along with [email protected] Igor Drecki | Editor ICA News | ICA Secretaries Torlegard (ISPRS), Pearce (ICA), and Youngs (FIG) formally initiated IUSM at the Postal Address ICA Newsletter, No 6, October 1985 eighth meeting of the Joint Board [...] in Harro- School of Environment gate. The six gentlemen comprise the Board of IUSM. The University of Auckland IUSM Formed: ICA a Founding Member Private Bag 92019 Several actions were taken by the IUSM Board. Auckland During the General Assembly in Perth, the ICA Dr Fred Doyle, former President of ISPRS and New Zealand voted to adopt the guiding principles of a proposed drafter of the guiding principles, has been asked International Union of Surveying and Mapping [...] to draft Statutes and Bylaws for IUSM in (IUSM). On Tuesday, September 10, 1985, at Submission Deadlines accordance with guidelines specified by the Harrogate, UK, the IUSM officially came into International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). existence. 15 May for June editions Dr Doyle was also requested to research the steps Since 1979, the Presidents and Secretary-Treas- necessary for IUSM to apply to ICSU for urers of five international organizations have met 15 November for December editions membership. Finally, Dr Doyle was requested to regularly. Referred to as the Joint Board of Sister propose a schedule of meetings for IUSM to Societies, this board at its sixth meeting in include major international meeting in 1992. [...]

04 number 55 | december 2010 ica news map of the monthIn 500 years, 2010 when the landscape exposé www.icaci.org of the world has changed dramatically,

The Map of the Month feature introduced on EARTH will remain as our legacy the ICA website (icaci.org/map-of-the-month) in February this year, currently showcases the winning entries from the International Carto- graphic Exhibition held at the ICC 2009 in Santiago, Chile. Presented here are all maps and cartographic products published on the ICA website during 2010. They are just a sample of outstanding cartography that encompasses the

05 profiles profiles geo-info www.geo-info.nl donna williams The Netherlands Cartographic Society (Neder- My interest in landse Vereniging voor Kartografie – NVK), cartography is really founded in 1958, published its quarterly what led me to journal, Kartografisch Tijdschrift until 2003, geography although I when the Society merged with the Netherlands did not know it at the societies for geodesy and surveying, and for time. In high school, photogrammetry and remote sensing into the in my attempt to be Society for Geo-Information in the Netherlands different from other (GIN). GIN publishes a monthly journal called girls, I took mechani- Geo-Info, which caters for all the activities of cal drafting. I ended up loving the work and the new joint Society. did three drafting courses through my Special features of the Kartografisch teens. Tijdschrift were the maps enclosed in every When I began my studies at Carleton issue and the section on map ‘improvement’: a University in Ottawa, I was attracted to poorly designed government or newspaper map geography because the subject fascinated would be placed next to an improved visualisa- me but also because it included courses in tion of the same data, to demonstrate what cartography. To me and at that time, cartog- cartographers could do by applying sound raphy seemed similar to drafting and I cartographic design principles. It also contained completed every cartography course that a section for its newer members explaining details of (digital) cartographic techniques. Its was available. While researching my Recent cover of the Geo-Info journal Masters thesis on different spatial patterns independent editorial team frequently opted for of men and women operating in neighbour- special issues Its successor Geo-Info is a more policy- hoods I found that mental mapping was an devoted to single oriented journal. It has no less than three ideal methodology to explore the subject. themes. This inter- columns in every issue, reports on all the The visualization helped the participants nationally-oriented meetings of the various subsections of the express their spatial environment and journal contained Society, acts as the mouthpiece of the Society’s provided a wonderful tool for displaying summaries in board, and could be characterised best as a results. English and low-threshold membership journal that informs The fact that I had done so much French. geo-information technicians on new national cartography in my geography degrees developments that have a bearing on their landed me a job with Natural Resources Cover of the 2003 varied professional practice. Canada working on the Atlas of Canada. issue of the Dutch Eva Siekierska was the person who saw the Kartografisch Ferjan Ormeling | Cartographic Editor | Geo-Info | Tijdschrift journal creative mapping I had done in university The Netherlands and hired me to work on some of the

developmental electronic mapping she was doing. That was 23 years ago. Today I still work at the Atlas of Canada. I worked my way from being a research geographer who produced maps to becoming the program manager of the Atlas of Canada (atlas. nrcan.gc.ca). During my career, I have produced maps using traditional methods of scribing and peel coats, I was part of the team that transformed the Atlas from paper maps to CD-Rom and then to online mapping and now I am exploring the visualization of Atlas maps on hand held devices. All of this has also provided the opportunity of being involved with the Canadian Cartographic Association. This has been such a wonderful experience. It has been quite a career so far and I am looking forward to the next 10 years!

Donna Williams | Natural Resources Canada | Canada | [email protected]

Donna Williams | Canada : The Aging Population | The National Atlas of Canada | Energy, Mines and Resources Canada | 1993

Aging Population was a new concept when this map was produced in the early 1990's for the 5th Edition of the National Atlas of Canada. The focus was on representing the issue of an aging population rather than just demography.

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2009 and June 2010. The last 35 minutes Cartography and were dedicated to discuss some of the Children proposals related to the rules of the next lazarus.elte.hu/ccc/ccc.htm Barbara Petchenik World Map Competition that were changed in Chile last year. Meeting in Nessebar, Bulgaria General information about Commission activities for the period 2010-2011: In On the afternoon of June 18, the ICA Commis- January 2010 the list of members on the sion on Cartography and Children had their Commission website was updated, and the 2010 meeting. ICA President William Cart- Co-Chairs had the opportunity to share some wright (Australia), ICA Past President Milan interesting statistics related to the Commission Konečný (Czech Republic) and Chair of the ICA membership: up to June of 2010 our Commi- Commission on Planetary Cartography Kira had members coming from 25 countries, and Temenoujka Bandrova (right) and Jesús Reyes presenting Shingareva (Russia), as well as representatives the four countries with the largest number of the Commission activities | Photograph courtesy of José from member countries were present. representatives were Brazil (7), Argentina (5), Jesús Reyes Nunez The meeting was divided into two parts. Greece (5) and Spain (4). The Commission had corresponding members could be considered During the first 25 minutes Co-Chairs briefly 55 members: 11 full and 44 corresponding active members, i.e. those who at least have reported on the Commission activities between members, all of them having valid contact participated in one meeting or event organized the last meeting in Santiago, Chile in November addresses. At the same time, 8 full and 31 by the Commission. > 08

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Since November 2009, four newsletters were • From the 2011 competition, an official ICA gr/ICA-Heritage/Commission/6th_Workshop/ sent out, one in December 2009 and one in form will be introduced to be signed by InternationalWorkshop.pdf. April 2010, then in September 2010 contain- parents, to avoid any difficulties in publishing The Workshop is organized by the ICA ing a call for the next Barbara Petchenik the winning entries in books or as posters, Commission on Digital Technologies in Competition, and finally a special one in postcards, etc. Cartographic Heritage and the National November 2010 giving information about the • From the next ICC in Paris, the Barbara Archives of the Netherlands (Nationaal Archief). joint event to be organized before ICC 2011. Petchenik Exhibition will include two new The submission deadline is 10 March 2011. The Commission established a good contact panel boards showing copies of the final with the IGU Commission on Geographical winning entries from the previous competi- Evangelos Livieratos | Chair | ICA Commission on Education, and encouraged our members to tion together with the current entries. Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage | Greece present our activities within their Commission at regional events. A possible role of our members in the organization or participation in the GIS Day to be celebrated on 17 November Education and Training 2010 was also discussed. Meeting participants lazarus.elte.hu/cet/ were asked to share their experiences with these kinds of activities and pass them on for Commission Workshops inclusion in the Commission newsletter. The ICA Commission on Education and Training During the meeting we have informed our has sent an invitation to all ICA member members about the upcoming ICC 2011 and nations inviting them to take up the offer by the the most important deadlines relating to this Commission to run a workshop specifically conference. We talked about our plans to designed to build on the cartographic knowl- organize a joint meeting together with other ICA edge of local cartographers in 2011. So far one Commissions immediately prior to ICC 2011. nation has replied in the affirmative and the In early October 2010 we finalised plans for a Commission is working towards making this joint Symposium of four ICA Commissions, i.e. ICA Past President Prof Milan Konečný signing the workshop a reality. Guidelines have been Cartography and Children, Education and book Children map the World for Daniela Karaivanova, produced for the workshops and are available Training, Maps and the Internet, Planetary Bulgarian winner of the Barbara Petchenik Award | Photograph courtesy of José Jesús Reyes Nunez from the CET website lazarus.elte.hu/cet/. Cartography, and the ICA Working Group on Cartography on Early Warning and Crisis Another discussion focused the opinions Joint Symposium in Orleans, France Management. The Symposium will be held expressed by the Jury members of the Barbara between 30 June and 1 July 2011 at the Petchenik Competition about the new point A workshop Looking to the Future: Maps for University of Orleans. system introduced for the first time at the 2009 Education and Children is being organised for An update was given about the Biannual Competition. In general, their remarks were July next year in Orleans, France, prior to the Awards on Educational Cartographic Resources positive: they agreed that it is a very good tool ICC 2011. At present, the participation of the competition. Its first edition is organized for a preliminary selection of finalists and a ICA Commissions on Cartography and Children, together with the ICA Commission on Education good starting point for discussions, but the final Management and Economics of Map Produc- and Training for the ICA Conference in Paris, decision should be made at the ICC conference, tion, Maps and the Internet and Education and 2011. From September 2010, a call for where they can see personally the original Training has been confirmed. Dr Jesus Reyes participation was published on both Commis- entries and not only the scanned ones supplied and Professor László Zentai are the key sions' websites. on a CD-Rom by the international coordinator. organising team. Discussion of the proposed changes to the At the meeting's conclusion, William 2011 Barbara Petchenik Competition rules: Cartwright and Milan Konečný thanked the Assisting in Paper Reviews for ICC 2011 The meeting participants discussed some Commission for its work over the last several Commission members reviewed the cartograph- specific changes of the rules for the next edition years. The Co-Chairs closed the meeting ic education and training papers presented for of the competition to be held in Paris. The more inviting all colleagues to participate in the next consideration for the ICC 2011 conference. important decisions were: Commission meeting that will be held during Thanks go to these members. Many papers • A national coordinator and national ICA the ICC 2011 in Paris. have been submitted for the Cartographic representative can allow entries not awarded Education and Training theme of the confer- at the national level competition to be used José Jesús Reyes Nunez | Co-Chair | ICA ence. This has resulted in an exciting mix of by national non-profit organizations (for Commission on Cartography and Children | Hungary papers for the conference. educational and research purposes only). In such case, the national coordinator needs to Contributions to ICA Research Agenda send this information to the Chair of the ICA Two papers have been prepared as a contribu- Commission on Cartography and Children Digital Technologies in tion to the ICA Research Agenda. The first who will make it publicly available through Cartographic Heritage paper was presented at the ISPRS Commission the Commission communication channels. If web.auth.gr/xeee/ICA-Heritage/ VI, Mid Term Symposium, Enschede, in June a national coordinator or national ICA 2010: The Role of International Geomatics representative is contacted by an interna- Workshop in The Hague, The Netherlands Organisations in the Promotion of Continuing tional non-profit organization about using Professional Development (CPD) by David such entries for any purpose, then ICA The first announcement, including a call for Fairbairn and David Fraser Executive Committee (President or Secretary papers and registration details, of the 6th In the paper the nature of CPD is considered: General) and the Chair of the ICA Commis- International Workshop on Digital Approaches the process is modelled and each component is sion on Cartography and Children should be to Cartographic Heritage, The Hague, 7-8 April examined in the context of geomatics. 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CPD (the consumer) is addressed. Secondly, there is a range of suppliers of CPD resources including commercial companies, educational establishments or international learned societies. Thirdly, the material delivered also forms part of the model: there is a wide range of content, available material, and dissemination method. The second paper entitled The Changing Face of Cartographic Education and Training has been prepared by three Commission members, Professor László Zentai, Professor Maria Cecília Bonato Brandalize and Associate Professor David Fraser, for the ICC 2011 conference. This paper discusses the issue faced by many cartographic departments and programs around the world. That is the demise of cartography as a discipline in its own right and the dispersal of cartographic theory and practice into many and varied education programs representing other disciplines. Imre Demhardt explaining some cartographic principles in the Foscue Library of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas | Photograph courtesy of Elri Liebenberg

David Fraser | Chair | ICA Commission on Education of participants were from the US, but others and Training | Australia History of Cartography came from as far afield as Croatia, Hungary, www.icahistcarto.org/ South Africa, Brazil and the UK. On the closing day a separate session gave Prof Matthew International Symposium in Arlington, Edney of the University of Wisconsin and Prof Geospatial Analysis and Texas, USA Roger Kain of the University of London the Modeling The ICA Commission on the History of opportunity to explain their views in regards to fromto.hig.se/~bjg/ica/ Cartography held a successful Symposium at the future development of Volume 5 of the the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) from History of Cartography Project of the Chicago Commission Activities 10-13 October 2010. The commission meeting University Press. Volume 5 of this prestigious publication will deal with the cartography of the A special issue on geospatial modeling and was held in conjunction with the 7th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of 19th century. visualization, developed from the 3rd ICA To complement the Symposium, a special Workshop on Geospatial Analysis and Mod- Cartography on 8 October 2010, and the Fall Meeting of the Texas Map Society on 9 October Map Exhibition on Concessions to Chartered eling, August 6-7, 2009, Gävle, Sweden Companies as Mirrored in Maps, 1600-1900, (fromto.hig.se/~bjg/ica/workshop2009/) is 2010. The general theme was Charting the Cartography of Companies: Company Mapping, was staged by the Virginia Garrett Map Library forthcoming with the international journal of UTA. The Garrett Library is one of the Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 1600-1900. The Commission aimed to highlight the influence of chartered companies leading Map Libraries in the US and holds We would like to thank the guest editor approximately 900 maps dating from the Professor Itzhak Benenson for his effort. (precursors of modern corporations) in cartography as they played an important role in 1500s to the 20th century. A recent book partially overseas exploration, trade, expansion and During the Symposium a technical visit was developed from 2nd undertaken to the Foscue and DeGolyer ICA Workshop on colonial power. They relied upon maps and Libraries of the Southern Methodist University Geospatial Analysis charts for planning, implementation and and Modeling held in operation, and often employed their own map in Dallas. As the principal repositories at SMU 2007 in Athens, USA and chart makers, surveyors, cartographers and for special collections in the humanities and the | Image courtesy of mapping departments. history of science and technology, these Bin Jiang To accommodate as many participants as libraries hold extensive cartographic treasures. The social aspect of the Symposium was also A joint possible, papers on other cartographic endeavours during the 19th century were also well catered for with a full-day excursion to Fort commission Worth to visit the historic Stockyards, the Water meeting of the ICA presented. Members of the ICA Commission on Maps and Society participated, as did repre- Gardens, the Amon Carter Museum, as well as Commission on an exhibition providing an overview of the Geospatial sentatives of the USGS. Papers on the development of photogrammetrical techniques history of the city. Analysis and A published Proceedings of the Symposium Modeling with the in American sector mapping, the digital transition in US cartography during the 1970s, will be available as from April 2011 after which ICA Commission on Geovisualization will be the papers will also be made available on the held in conjunction with GeoViz Hamburg and the diffusion of USGS geospatial data for science research, demonstrated the Commis- Commission’s website www.icahistcarto.org. 2011: Linking geovisualization with spatial Interested parties may contact Dr Imre Josef analysis and modeling in Hamburg, 10-11 sion’s mandate to not only investigate and record the history of cartography, but also of GI Demhardt at [email protected] for more March 2011 (www.geomatik-hamburg.de/ information. geoviz/). Science. The Symposium was attended by approximately 50 people. Elri Liebenberg | Chair | ICA Commission on the Bin Jiang | Chair | ICA Commission on Geospatial The Symposium comprised 7 sessions during History of Cartography | South Africa Analysis and Modeling | Sweden which 21 papers were presented. The majority

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Management and Hazard Mitigation to be Mapping from Satellite published by the IEEE Journal of Selected Imagery Topics in Earth Observations and Remote mailer.fsu.edu/~xyang/ica/ Sensing in early 2011.

Xiaojun Yang | Chair | ICA Commission on Mapping Workshop in Orlando, Florida, USA from Satellite Imagery | USA The ICA Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Algorithms for Topographic and Thematic Mapping has been successfully held in Orlando, Florida, USA, 19 November 2010. Maps and the Internet The event was organized by the ICA Commis- maps.unomaha.edu/ica/ Prof Ferjan Ormeling (right), past Dean Prof Hartono sion on Mapping from Satellite Imagery with (centre) and Noorhadi Rahardjo, President of the Faculty, co-sponsorship from the ICA Commission on Workshop in Orlando, Florida, USA in the conference hall | Photograph courtesy of Peter Geospatial Analysis and Modeling. It was held Jordan in conjunction with the Special Joint Sympo- The annual meeting of the Commission was held in Orlando, Florida, on 19 November of Gadjah Mada University. Mrs Diah Kirana sium of ISPRS Technical Commission IV and from Bakosurtanal functioned most ably as the AutoCarto2010. 2010, in conjunction with AutoCarto2010 arranged by the Cartography and Geographic principal local organizer. Three oral paper sessions were included in The meeting took place at the campus of the the Workshop, which covered a variety of topics Information Society (CAGIS). Meeting facilities were arranged by CAGIS and presentations Gadjah Mada University, the largest university ranging from new remote sensors, improved in Indonesia with a prominent cartography information extraction algorithms, and were made by representatives from Finland, United Kingdom, USA, Switzerland, Czech section. Yogyakarta still maintains a preeminent innovative topographic and environmental historical and cultural importance in Indonesia mapping applications. Workshop attendees Republic, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Norway. and is surrounded by a multitude of cultural included active scholars from the United States, attractions such as the Borobodur. Canada, Sweden, and China. Professor Zhilin Reviewers of papers had an opportunity to talk to the presenters over lunch at a nearby The event was composed of two meetings, a Li, ICA Vice President, was present during the workshop Atlases as expressions and carriers of Workshop. A selection of the papers from the restaurant. Reviews will help select chapters for the third book to be produced by the Commis- space-related identity on 20 October 2010 and workshop will be included in an edited book a seminar The strategic role of maps in that is expected to be published in 2012. sion since its inception in 1999. The book will be published by Springer Verlag during 2011 development a day later. The event was also an and will concentrate on the use of Application occasion to present Volume II of the proud Programmer Interfaces (APIs) and other National Atlas of Indonesia, edited by Bakosur- Webservices. Please contact the Commission tanal. Dr Suharto Widjoyo, head of the atlas Chair if you would like to include a chapter in department of Bakosurtanal, gave a detailed the book. report about the work on this atlas and the The ICA Commission on Maps and the problems that were encountered and solved. Internet will meet with the ICA Commissions on More than 150 participants attended the Cartography and Children, Education and Workshop, a good share from the Gadjah Mada Training, and Planetary Cartography, as well as University, but also from other parts of with the ICA Working Group on Cartography on Indonesia. ICA was represented by Prof Ferjan Early Warning and Crisis Management in Ormeling and Peter Jordan, Commission Chair. A paper session at the ICA Commission on Mapping from Orleans, France, before the International On the first day, Ferjan Ormeling presented a Satellite Imagery Workshop in Orlando, Florida, USA | Cartographic Conference in Paris. paper discussing developments from printed Photograph courtesy of Xiaojun Yang atlases to complex atlas information systems. Michael Peterson | Chair | ICA Commission on Maps During the seminar on the strategic role of Other Events and the Internet | USA maps in development, he used examples from The Commission is sponsoring three other the National Atlas of Indonesia to demonstrate events: LIDAR & RADAR 2011 - The Interna- how maps can be applied for spatial and tional Symposium on LIDAR and RADAR regional development. In his first paper, Peter Mapping, Nanjing, China, 26-29 May 2011 National and Regional Jordan highlighted the theme of the workshop (see www.lidar2011.org for more information); Atlases by stressing the role of national and regional JURSE 2011 – Joint Urban Remote Sensing atlases in nation building and in supporting Event, Munich, Germany, 11–13 April 2011 www.univie.ac.at/cnra/ regional identities by referring to several (www.jurse2011.tum.de), and EOGC 2011 European examples. In his second paper he – Earth Observation for Global Changes, Workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia used the example of the Atlas of Eastern and Munich, Germany, 13-15 April 2011(www. On 20 and 21 october 2010 an atlas workshop Southeastern Europe to demonstrate the eogc2011.tum.de/). was organised in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by the specific problems of comparative trans-national ICA Commission on National and Regional thematic mapping at larger scales. One of the Recent Publications Atlases in cooperation with the National most impressive papers was presented by Setia Several major publications resulting from the Coordinating Agency for Surveying and Adi Purwanta, Chair of the Indonesian EOGC2009 sponsored by our Commission Mapping of Indonesia (Bakosurtanal), the Association of the Blind, who is blind himself. include a Springer book on Advances in Earth Faculty of Geography of Gadjah Mada Univer- He discussed the symbolisation of tactile maps Observation of Global Change (published in sity of Yogyakarta, the Indonesian Cartography and urged stronger efforts in standardizing map 2010) and a special issue on Earth Observa- Association, the Indonesian Geography symbols for the blind internationally. tions and Remote Sensing for Environmental Association and the Association of Geographers All presentations were followed by lively

10 number 55 | december 2010 reports ica commissions cont... discussions, and the whole event was covered • Influence of Jacques Bertin´s “Sémiologie The Commission is also planning a meeting widely by the Indonesian media. Graphique” by Takashi Morita prior to the ICC 2011 in Paris. For the Only a few days after the event the Merapi • From Prehistoric Maps to Mini-Atlases by 2011-2015 period the Comission is proposing volcano, situated just 20-25 km north of Alexander Wolodtschenko four new focus themes: theories of map design, Yogyakarta, erupted. While the city was not so After interesting discussion the Japanese cartographic ontology, terminology and applied much affected, villages on the slopes of the dinner took place in a restaurant near the cartosemiotics. volcano were destroyed and about 300 people meeting venue. lost their lives. Alexander Wolodtschenko | Chair | ICA Commission on Theoretical Cartography | Germany Special Session in Hong Kong - China Other Events A special session in memory of Jaques Bertin The ICA Commission on National and Regional and his influence on the global community of Atlases was a co-organizer of the 3rd Confer- cartographers and geographers over the last 40 Use and User Issues ence of the Adriatic Forum, Vienna, 23-24 years was held during the ICA Workshop on www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse/ September 2010. The focus of this meeting Theories of Map Design in Digital Era at the was on the regional development and regionali- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 23-25 sation in the Adriatic space (in a wider sense), September 2010. Recent Activities but also on atlases as means of representing The ICA Commission on Theoretical After a successful Commission workshop at regional development. The conference attracted Cartography organised the special session, University College London (see report in ICA 85 registered participants from 15 European which included three presentations: News No 54), the Commission on Use and countries. • J Bertin - one of the pioneers of cartographic User Issues supported two other events in semiotics by Alexander Wolodtschenko Europe: Peter Jordan | Chair | ICA Commission on National • How Bertin's approach is still relevant today • A workshop on Emerging Methods for and Regional Atlases | Austria by Alberta Bianchin Studying Use of Spatial Technologies which • Personal experience with Jacques Bertin by was held on 14 September in Zurich, Takashi Morita Switzerland, in conjunction with GIScience The session and discussion was moderated • The 3rd workshop on Usability of Geographic Theoretical Cartography by ICA President William Cartwright. The Information which was held on 10 Novem- rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~wolodt/tc-com/ Commission will also take part in the special ber in Southampton, UK session dedicated to Jacques Bertin at the ICC Commission members were involved in the Meeting in Tokyo, Japan 2011 in Paris. organization of both workshops which had clearly different focuses and audiences. Links The Japan Cartographers Association (JCA) and to presentations can be found on the Commis- the ICA Commission on Theoretical Cartography Carto-semiotics Course, Hong Kong sion website. held a joint meeting at the Hosei University, On 20-21 September 2010, Department of Another highlight in which Commission Faculty of Design and Engineering on 17 Land Surveying and Geo-informatics of the members were involved (and for which the September 2010. The meeting was dedicated Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosted a Commission was also acknowledged) was the to the 10th anniversary of ICA Commission on cartographic-semiotic series of lectures for appearance of the book Interacting with Theoretical Cartography (1999-2009). It was master students delivered by Alexander Geospatial Technologies, edited by Mordechai the second event of the Commission devoted to Wolodtschenko. This course was a part of the (Muki) Haklay and published by Wiley. Part of its establishment in 1999 (see ICA News No Commission's project Cartographic-semiotic the book covers the Commission’s field of 53 for details). The Commission was esteb- Courses 2009–2010 oriented at dissemination interest and does that very well, with chapters lished at the 11th General Assembly of ICA in of cartosemiotic knowledge at universities with on – for instance – user-centred design, Ottawa, Canada, and Tositomo Kanakubo (ICA cartographic and non-cartographic traditions. usability engineering and methods and Honorary Fellow) supported by JCA was the The selected topics included prehistoric maps techniques of evaluation and deployment. As main initiator of the new Commission. and sign systems, mini-display atlases on such it may not only be considered as The meeting was held under chairmanship of smart phones, Bild-atlases and atlas cartosemi- complimentary, but also as a prelude to the Prof Takashi Morita and included three otics as a new interdisciplinary direction. planned Commission book publication on presentations: Students were particularly interested in the methods and techniques of use, user and • Introduction to meeting and brief history of conception, creation and use of minidisplay usability research. the ICA Commission on Theoretical Cartogra- atlases on mobile multimedia devices. A phy by Tositomo Kanakubo selection of posters and pre-diploma theses of Future Plans Organizers of the Tokyo meeting: (from left) Tositomo Dresden students were also presented in this Kanakubo, Alexander Wolodtschenko and Takashi Morita course. We would like to draw your attention to the | Photograph courtesy of Alexander Wolodtschenko Commission’s pre ICC 2011 workshop on Use Workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine and User Issues in Public Transport Geoinfor- mation which will be held on 1-2 July 2011 in In early 2011, the Commission is planning two Paris, France. This is going to be a special events: workshop with a unique format, clearly different • 25 March 2011: Seminar on Cartography from the usual sessions with presentations. (sections of atlas semiotic, terminology and Therefore, we strongly recommend your geo-ontology) hosted by the National Aviation attendance. University in Kyiv, Ukraine • 8 April 2011: Vilnius Seminar on Cartosemi- Corné van Elzakker | Chair | ICA Commission on otics 2011 Competences for Modern Use and User Issues | The Netherlands Cartography hosted by Vilnius University, Lithuania

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The 5th Cartographic Science Congress took place in the Province of Santa Fe between 28 June – 2 July 2010. It was organized by the ICA Affiliate Member Centro Argentino de Cartografía (Argentine Cartography Center) Association (see member's profile in ICA News No 54), together with the Engineer- ing and Hydrographic Sciences Faculty, Litoral National University. 160 specialists from Argen- tina, Chile and Uruguay have participated. During the first two days, four technical workshops took place attracting 90 partici- Participants of the ICCG3 Workshop in Nessebar, Bulgaria | Photograph courtesy of Temenoujka Bandrova pants. More than 60 teachers participated at tions were delivered by authors from Bulgaria, her work submitted to the international the 3rd Teacher Training on Cartography Czech Republic, China, Iran, Russia, Greece, competition (see a photograph on page 08). An Conference, covering both theoretical and Turkey, Albania, Macedonia, Germany, occasional diploma was presented by the ICA practical themes. Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Past President Prof Milan Konečný. During the following three days, 24 technical Belgium, Egypt, Croatia, Romania, Argentina, Two ICA Commissions on Cartography and papers and 2 poster sessions were presented. Austria, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Children, and Planetary Cartography together In addition, eight conferences, two round tables Poland, Switzerland, UAE and Kosovo. with the ICA Working Group on Cartography on and one technical presentation took place, in The keynote speeches were presented in Early Warning and Crisis Management held which agencies and commercial companies special sessions by: their annual meetings during the conference. showcased their services and displayed their • Dr Paul Hardy, ESRI: Scaling-up Cartography During the meetings the upcoming tasks and latest generation equipment. Before prizegiving - Cloud Computing and Multi-scale Content the common projects of the Commissions were and closing ceremony, the cartographic for Tomorrow's Mapping discussed. The next annual meetings will be challenges in Argentina were discussed in a • Dr Miklos Gross, Eurosense: The Mission of held in Paris at the ICC 2011. plenary session. The session was very Cartography in the Modern Information The conference hosted a seminar on early successful allowing 10 decisions to be made. Society warning and disaster/crisis management under The opening ceremony included the • Dr Athina Trakas, OGC: Interoperability from the auspices of the Czech Ambassador to performance of the University Chorus and an a global perspective Bulgaria His Excellency Mr Martin Klepetko. opening cocktail reception. And, during the last • Prof Joachim Rix, Germany: Spatial Data ICCG3 workshop on Infrastructure of spatial night, the Board of Directors and participants Infrastructures: The Subnational Dimension data: an opportunity for data exchange in shared a Comradeship Dinner. in the European Context South East Europe organized by Dr Ulrich Boes Ana Maria Garra | Secretary | Centro Argentino de • Assoc Prof Dr Temenoujka Bandrova, was also held during the conference. Cartografía Association | Argentina Bulgaria: Bulgarian Cartography: from Paper Immediately before the conference, the 3rd to Virtual Reality ISDE Digital Earth Summit was held at the • Prof William Cartwright, ICA President: same location between 12-14 June 2010. The Maps, Sketches and Annotations: Represen- International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) 3rd International tations of the Geography of Conflict - Gal- Summits were earlier organised in New lipoli 1915 Zealand (2006) and Germany (2008). Conference on During the opening ceremony, Daniela The programme included 6 keynote speeches Cartography and GIS Karaivanova (15) was presented with the 2009 and 45 presentations, and attracted 110 Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Award for authors from 15 countries: China, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Bulgaria, USA, Argen- The 3rd International Conference on Cartogra- Participants of the ICA Commission on Planetary tina, Belgium, India, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, phy and GIS took place in Nessebar, Bulgaria Cartography annual meeting | Photograph courtesy of Temenoujka Bandrova Netherlands, Sweden and Great Britain. between 15-20 June 2010. The event was During the Summit three meetings of the supported by Prof Dobrin Denev, Rector of the Executive Board of Digital Earth were held University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and under the leadership of ISDE Vice President Geodesy (UACEG) in Sofia. The conference Prof Milan Konečný and General Secretary Prof incorporated the International Cartographic Huagong Guo from China. In addition, a round Association (ICA) Regional Symposium on table on Digital Earth in Europe was organised Cartography for Central and Eastern Europe. and chaired by Alessandro Annoni (Italy). After two successful conferences held in For more information about the Conference Borovets in 2006 and 2008, the 2010 edition and the Summit, see www.cartography-gis. grew to a new hights not only from a historical com. but also from a geographical perspective: 6 keynote speeches, 110 presentations, 190 Temenoujka Bandrova | University of Architecture, authors from 32 countries. Various presenta- Civil Engineering and Geodesy | Bulgaria

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University, Australia) which linked the GeoCart'2010 Conference theme, Cartographies for Tomorrow: ICA Workshop on Conference Mapping in a Mashed-up World with the Theories of Map Design opportunities, issues and challenges for in Digital Era cartographers and the geospatial community in Mapping in a mashed-up world general. In the afternoon, Colin MacDonald The 5th National Cartographic Conference, (Land Information New Zealand) shared with The ICA Workshop on Theories of Map Design GeoCart’2010, and the first ICA Regional us the many challenges and rewards of running in Digital Era was held at The Hong Kong Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and a national mapping organisation. His presenta- Polytechnic University between 23-24 Oceania, were held at the University of tion focused on the future of government September 2010. The workshop, attended by Auckland, New Zealand, between 1-3 mapping, such as innovation, freeing-up access more than 40 international experts from ten September 2010. The Conference attracted 78 to data, improving accuracy and faster response countries, was jointly organized by The Hong delegates from New Zealand and overseas, to user needs. Kong Polytechnic University and the ICA. including Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czech The last day of the Conference featured a Republic, Germany, New Caledonia, United keynote address by Cindy Brewer (Pennsylvania Kingdom and USA. State University, USA). Apart from the usual The programme delivered 43 keynote, paper "brewers", she presented a collaborative work and poster presentations, as well as the concerned with the design of an interactive National Cartographic Exhibition, GeoEx- online environment where the display of po'2010, a commercial exhibition and a rich topographic maps is adjusted according to the social programme, including the Gala Dinner viewing scale. From there we were invited by with live entertainment courtesy of (again!) Prof Phil Allen (GeoSmart, New Zealand) to tour the Mark Gahegan (University of Auckland). streets of Auckland and check how accurately In the opening keynote address, Prof Manfred they are represented by free databases versus Buchroithner (Dresden Technical University, commercially maintained ones. His question Is Germany) presented a review of current free maps the death of commercial cartogra- developments with True-3D in Cartography. phy? has been left for us to answer... After the talk, we were treated to a display of The range of other presentations throughout several lenticular-foil maps he brought with the Conference was impressive, from the use of Participants of the ICA Workshop on Theories of Map him. From 3D cartography, we travelled to eye movement tracking tools to follow how Design in Digital Era in Hong Kong | Photograph battlefields and humanitarian aid centres to people look at and visually search a map, to courtesy of Zhilin Li experience first hand the benefits of cartogra- applying the principles of spherical trigonom- phy. Commander David Crossman, Head of etry and geodesy to find the location of a The two-day Workshop was kicked off by Geospatial Intelligence Organisation (New moving object. Also of note was the emergence Prof Alex Wai, Vice President (Research) of The Zealand Defence Force) presented a few real of crowdsourcing applied to Cartography, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. William life examples of how maps and geospatial particularly with the applications related to Cartwright, President of ICA, and Mr Wong technology helps the NZDF in crisis situations. crowdsourced (or user-submitted) data. Slava Chung-hang, Deputy Director of Lands The next day started with a keynote address Kisilevich (University of Konstanz, Germany) Department of the Hong Kong Special Adminis- by President of ICA William Cartwright (RMIT provided a fascinating example of this, where trative Region, also delivered their welcome he was using a massive dataset of 100 addresses at the opening ceremony. Partici- 3D maps presented by Prof Buchroithner received plenty of million(!) geotagged photos collected from pants included Prof Georg Gartner, Vice attention at GeoCart'2010 | Photography Marney Brosnan Flickr and Panoramio, which could then be President of ICA, Alexander Wolodtschenko, used to provide important information about Chair of the ICA Commission on Theoretical people's behaviour, their movement, geographi- Cartography and Prof Takashi Morita, Chair of cal places and events. the ICA Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping, The panel discussion with keynote speakers as well as Prof Deren Li, Chinese Academy of was informative, with useful input from Sciences and of Engineering, and Prof Anthony overseas and local leaders in the geospatial Yeh, Chinese Academy of Sciences. industry. The opening ceremony was followed by two There were a lot of attractive displays dotted keynote speeches by Prof William Cartwright around, with GeographX NZ Ltd providing their and Prof Deren Li. More than 30 high-level usual high quality display of products, and papers were presented in six sessions, namely Eagle Technology Group showcasing forthcom- a special session in memorial of Jacques ing software technology. Bertin, Cartographic theory and philosophy, The internationally reviewed Conference Theory of map design, Communication and proceedings, supplemented by a number of information theory, Semiotic and symbolization, invited contributions and edited by Tony Moore and Concepts and models. At the Workshop's (University of Otago) and Igor Drecki (Univer- conclusion, a brainstorming session was sity of Auckland), are scheduled to be pub- organized to discuss future developments. lished in the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series by Springer Verlag in Zhilin Li | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | China 2011.

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Russia, Australia, Turkey, The Netherlands, AutoCarto 2010 Korea, and the United States. In all, 59 research presentations were given in the The Cartography and AutoCarto sessions. Geographic Information Several ICA commissions also met at this Society (CaGIS) held conference. The ICA Working Group on Census its biennial AutoCarto Cartography held a symposium on Cartographic Conference in Orlando, Advances in Census Data Collection and Florida, November Dissemination. The ICA Commission on 15-19, 2010. The Management and Economics of Map Produc- Scott Freundschuh (left), Lynn Usery (centre) and William AutoCarto Conference was held jointly with tion held a workshop on the Management of Cartwright at AutoCarto 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA | the American Society for Photogrammetry Geographic Information and Map Production. Photography Eric Anderson and Remote Sensing’s (ASPRS) annual The ICA Commission on Mapping from Satellite Penthouse Hospitality Suite overlooking the conference. In conjunction with this joint Imagery held a workshop on the Advances in Orlando skyline. meeting was special participation from the Sensors and Algorithms for Topographic and Exciting news from the CaGIS Board and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Thematic Mapping that was co-sponsored by US National Committee to the ICA (USNC) is Remote Sensing (ISPRS), the International the ICA Commission on Geospatial Analysis that we are preparing to submit a bid to host Cartographic Association (ICA), and the and Modeling. The ICA Commission on Maps the 2015 ICA International Cartographic International Geographical Union. Conference and the Internet, along with the ICA Working Conference and General Assembly in Washing- attendees were treated to presentations from Group on Open Source Geospatial Technolo- ton, DC. An organizing committee led by Lynn the presidents of the three international gies, held a meeting on Online Maps with APIs Usery, Chair of the USNC, is developing a societies, including Professor Orhan Altan and Map Services. The ICA Commission on proposal for submission to the General (ISPRS), Professor William Cartwright (ICA), Map Projections held an open meeting to Assembly in 2011. We are excited at the and Professor Ronald Abler (IGU). discuss the future of that commission. Last but prospect of bringing the international carto- not least, the ICA Working Group on Cartogra- The AutoCarto portion of this joint meeting graphic community to our nation’s capital. phy on Early Warning and Crisis Management included 13 different sessions with topics Washington, DC, has much to offer, including held an open meeting. ranging from geovisualization, generalization, historic sites, national monuments, and the The CaGIS Board of Directors was delighted and map design and dynamic maps to data Smithsonian museums to name just a few. A to welcome the ICA Executive Committee (EC) models and ontologies, remote sensing and decision on the site for ICC 2015 will take and had many opportunities to meet with its terrain modeling, and web-based mapping. place at the 15th General Assembly of ICA this members at the CaGIS membership social and Presenters came from 17 different countries, coming summer in Paris. including Germany, the United Kingdom, New at several gatherings that CaGIS Executive Zealand, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Director Eric Anderson and CaGIS President Scott M Freundschuh and Eric Anderson | Belgium, Norway, France, Japan, Canada, Scott M. Freundschuh hosted in the hotel’s Cartography and Geographic Information Society | USA

tion and application of hierarchy to data by either inspired or influenced by Bertin. Last but obituary means of different processes, including the not least, a special Café Carto dedicated to ordered matrix. Bertin's ground breaking Jacques Bertin will be arranged. research brought him international recognition, especially his work on semiotics and the Anne Ruas | Comité Français de Cartographie | France Jacques Bertin subsequent publication of the famous Sémiolo- 27.07.1918 – 03.05.2010 gie Graphique. Les diagrammes, les réseaux, les cartes in 1967, with two new editions Esri Press has Jacques Bertin was appearing in 1973 and 1999. recently republished born in 1918 in Jacques Bertin was the Chair of the Semiology of Maisons-Laffite. He Commission on Terminology of the French Graphics: Diagrams, studied geography at Committee of Cartography. He received the Networks, Maps by La Sorbonne. In prestigeous Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal at the Jacques Bertin. 1954 he created the 1999 ICA Conference in Ottawa, the highest This cartographic Cartographic award of the International Cartographic classic has continu- Laboratory of the Association awarded to cartographers of ously held its place École pratique des outstanding merit who have made significant of significance. Now, hautes études contributions of an original nature to the field of with a new epilogue (EPHE) and became cartography. written by the author shortly before his death, its director. Later he was director of the He died in Paris on 3 May 2010. this new 2010 edition in English reawakens us Graphics Laboratory of the École des hautes In honour of Jacques Bertin and to celebrate to the information design possibilities of études en sciences sociales (EHESS), before his work and contribution to cartography, the modern technology. Bertin was thrilled to know becoming a researcher at the National Centre French Committee of Cartography added two that this book would be coming out and that special sessions to the programme of ICC 2011 for Scientific Research (CNRS). there was still immense interest in his work and in Paris. On Monday, 4 July, Gilles Palsky will Jacques Bertin worked on the efficacy of dedication to keeping it alive. For ordering, visit officially present Jacques Bertin's life and work. thematic maps and their design improvements. esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm. Following this, different cartographers from He analysed visual effects on the transmission around the world will present their research of information and the necessity for classifica- Aileen Buckley | Esri Mapping Centre | Esri | USA

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